Display sign



D. T. TURNER DISPLAY SIGN Filed June 19, 1931 gwumto D TTURN@w Patented Dec. 29, 1931 miren srnss Y DONALD T. TURNER/, OF UNION CITY, INDIANA DISPLAY SIGN y Appncann filed nine '19,

This invention relates to improvements in that type of display'signsespecially adapted for application to andto be carried by the spare tire of an automobile or like support,

and the essential object in viewis the inex- Y pensive but eiiective and easy manner of application and removal. v

Vith these and other objectsin view as will in part hereinafter become apparent and in part be stated, the invention includes a display placard, an elastic lacing engaging theplacard in a manner to present at the rear face of vthe placard .a retained frame'- work 'of lacing especially well adapted for application over a spare tire or like support capable of being so applied easily and quick* ly and well adapted to effectively `retain-the placard in place during use. f

The invention also comprises :certain other novel constructions, combinations, and arrangementsof parts as subsequentlyspecied and claimed. Y In the accompanying drawingsf-y A Figure l is a View in elevation oi vthe rear of anautomobile having an embodiment of the present "invention applied to the spare tire thereof.

Figures 2 and 3 are respectively a rear elevation and edge view` of an embodiment of the invention, a spare tire and the application of the anchoring means thereto being indicated in doted lines in each figure, andfFigure 3 being on an enlarged scale over Figure 2 while Figure 2 is on an enlarged scale over Figure l. Y Y

Figure 4 isa view similar to Figure 2 of a somewhat modiiied embodiment, 4the parts being-seen on a reduced scale. Y. y i

Referringl tothe drawings bynumerals, 1 indicates aplacard or sign, whichhis prefer* ably of cardboard orthe'like," but may, ofV

course, be of Celluloid, metal, canvas,'other woven fabric, or any other vappropriate material. The marginal contourof placard lis, Y or course, susceptible of a wide range of. vae riation, but when itis to be appliedV to the spare tire of an automobile, itis preferably shaped and proportioned with some respectl to the tire;` to whichit is to be attached; and, 5

to this end, a highly acceptable marginal con- 1981.A serial No. 545,570.

tour of the placard is that of an octagon with vertical and horizontal edges preferably slightly longer than the inclined edges, as

clearly seen `in Figures 1 and 2. But, oi course, modification from this contour may be readily had wit-hout departure from the invention. .Y l

The placard l is perforated preferably approximately yin or at the `angles between the several linesof the octagon or other polygon' 30 to provide openings v2, 2, to receive the Y anchoringcable 3.

The cable 3 maybe of various forms of material but preferably consists Oia suitably stout cordof elastic material, and the cable c5 ispreferably threaded through the openings 2 in such'a manner that a section orlapi` of the cable appears at the exposed face of placard l between the openings 2 at each of the four Shorter sides of the Octagon. By 7o this arrangement, the cable may be laced to the condition at the back face of placard l seen Vin Figure 2. This form of lacing causes two parallel, horizontal lines 4:, 4 of the cable to appear intersecting two parallel, vertical lines 5,5, so that a rectangular space centrally located with respectto the placard is left, which rectangular space is adapted to permit (incident to the stretching of the cable 3) the y... rintroduction of a supportin the space be- 8O tween the cable and the rear face of placard l. Thisiorm of lacing is-,accomplished by insertingan end oi cable 3 through one: of the openings 2,sa`yA that at the left of Figure l2, spaced above the lowerinost opening at'the left o-saidfigurei l TheY opposite end of the cable from that passed through the opening is Yheld against escape while'thev free, end is returned throughv the opening 2 atthe leftV and bottom of Figure2, and thenV the said free end if passed throughY the opening 2 at the left `and top of Figure and 'over back through the opening V2 at the left and next to the top, Y 'and then the Jfree endof Vthecable is passed 1 through the opening `2 latthe rightron the same horizontalplane with. the last-named opening2 and thecable is then brought'back` through the opening 2 at the top andv right of 'Figure 2,' and then'brought down verticallyV and inserted through the lowermostopening '100 The lacing is thus completed and the placard is ready for application to a support.

When the support is in the nature of a spare tire, the operator lifts theupper hori-l zontal length 4 of cable 3 and spreads apart the vertical lengths 5 until they can be passed around and back of the tire, as indicated clearly in dotted lines in Figure 3, and then the lower horizontal section 4 is depressed andE passed about the lowermost part of the tire to the back thereof, so that the several lines of cable 4, 4, and 5, 5, extend over the tread of the tire and across the bach face thereof and thereby provide effective anchorage of the placard to the tire, tire Vportions extending outward through the space left between the several angles formed by the intersections of the cable sections 4, 4 and 5, 5.

It will be obvious, of course, that the placard is well adapted not only for. application to spare tires at the rear of an automobile, and at the side of sides of an automobile, or otherwise, but also to any other appropriate support destined to offer opportunity for effective display of the placard.

hen the placard l is made of such fragile material as cardboard or Celluloid, or the like, it is preferable to provide eyelets or grommets for protecting the edge of the material about the openings 2, and even with canvas and other material of that lrind grommets may well be employed.

Where the display sign` is to bemounted under such conditions or on such-support asis not exposed to wind pressure or other stresses of automobile spare tire displayes, as, for eX- ample, when applied to a spare tire in adisplay window or other like location, it is frequently sufiicient to employ approximately one-half the amount of cable shown in Figure 2, and to use only two parallel lines. of cable without the intersections.

In Figure 4 is seen a display sign quite similar to that ust described andfmodiliedI therefrom chiefly in having its periphery circular instead of polysided, and, Vin this modified embodiment the lacing may be slightly va ried` by employing two independent sections of cable or the identical lacing-just above described' may be utilized; or, as just indicated, a single pair of parallel sections may be provided. for supporting the placard under con-- ditions of shelter.

In the embodiment seen in Figuref4, 1l indicates the' circular placard having the apertures l2, l2, spaced about the placard adjacent theV periphery thereof, and when but a single pair of parallel cable sections only is to be used, the pair of apertures 12a-t the top andthe pair of apertures l2 atthe bottom of Figure 4 may alone beprovided ;V but where it is desired to use the form of placard seen in Figure 4 in such exposed conditions as on the spare tire of an automobile, the other apertures l2 will be provided and a cable will be laced either as seen in Figure 2 or as seen in Figure 4 wherein two independent pieces of sections of cable are employed, one being indicated at l5, laced through the upper and lower pairs of apertures l2 to produce parallel sections of cable at the rear face of the placard while the other piece of cable i5 is laced through the other pairs of apertures 1-2 Awith sections extending horizontally at the rear face of the placard so as to intersect the sections of cable l5 and thus give substantially the same mechanical effect as obtained by the lacing in Figure 2.

What is claimed is l. A display sign comprising a placard and cable anchoring means therefor laced to the placard to provide a plurality of intersections of cable at one face of the placard located to enable insertion of a support in position to extend past the places of intersection between the placard and cable.

2. A display sign comprising a placard and elastic cable anchoring means therefor laced to the placard to provide a plurality of intersections of cable at one face of the placard located to enable insertion of a support in position to extend past the places of intersection, the lacing being suchas to proportion the angles producedy by the intersections to accommodate a support between the intersecting cable and placard incident to stretching of the cable, the support being of substantially the size of the placard.

3. A display sign comprising a placard and cable anchoring means therefor laced to the placard to provide a plurality oi intersections of cable at one face of the placard located to enable insertion of a: support in position to extend past the places of intersection, the lacing being such as to expose a minimum amount of the cable at the exposed face: of the placard.

4. A display sign comprising a polysided placard having. apertures through the placard substantially in the angles thereof, and supporting cable laced through said apertures and extending across the placard and providing intersecting lines of cable at one face of the placard for enabling a support to extend between the placard and the intersecting lines of cable to effectively connect the placard to the support.

5; A display sign comprising a polysided placard having apertures through the placard substantially in the angles thereof, and

supporting, cable laced through said apertures and extending across the placard and providing intersecting lines of cable at one face-of the placard for enabling a support to extendbetween the placard and theintersecting lines ofV cable to edectively connect the placard to the support, the placard being octagonal and the cable being arranged with two Vertical sections and two horizontal sections, the Vertical intersecting the horizontal. 6. A display sign comprising a placard having spaced apertures and elastic cable means extending through the apertures, permanently engaging the placard, and laced across the placard in cable sections divided into parallel groups and one group intersecting the other and the cable means being located to receive a support between the placard and the intersecting gro-ups for anchoring the placard to the support in positon for the placard to be exposed at one face of the support and for the placard to conceal so much ofthe support las is vwithin the boundaries of the placard. y Y

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature. DONALD VTHEODORE TURNER. 

